New factory in Bahrain for Racing Force Group
The company announces the completion of the Bell helmet factory and the start of construction of an Omp brand factory
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New factory in Bahrain (in Sakhir) for the Racing Force Group's Omp brand, which also announces the completion of the expansion of the Bell racing helmets factory at the Bic, Bahrain international circuit, one of the most advanced infrastructures in motorsport and a fundamental platform for the development of racing in the Middle East.
The completion of the expansion of the Bell factory, Racing Force's top management explain, 'will allow the production capacity to be doubled, with the site now covering 12,000 square metres. The factory produces a range of racing helmets for countless disciplines, worn by 70 per cent of the drivers on the Fia Formula 1 World Championship grid'.
New Omp factory
.In the meantime, construction work has begun on a new plant for Omp, the group's company specialising in the design and production of racewear, car components and motorsport safety accessories. The new 15,000 square metre plant, adjacent to the existing one at Bic, 'will allow,' they add, 'the production of a selection of key motorsport safety items.
Since 2023, Racing Force, a group with headquarters in Ronco Scriva (Genoa) and listed on the Milan and Paris stock exchanges, has completed two capital increases: one in January of that year, of EUR 10 million, and the other, in June 2024, of EUR 7.5 million.
Expansion through capital increases
Technically, Bell's extension (second floor of the current factory) was carried out by Bic, while Racing force's investment concerns installation (e.g. of machinery) and is to be attributed to the first capital increase. For the second factory, that of Omp, the same pattern will be followed: the investment for the construction will be made by Bic and the installation will be the responsibility of Racing force, which will use funds from the second capital increase, that of 2024.
